Reflection Lake

Type
Lake or reservoir, Alaska (West)
Designation
Steelhead / salmon water · Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on Reflection Lake

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Reflection Lake is a lake or reservoir in Alaska, listed as Steelhead / salmon water by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish.

More about Reflection Lake

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish lists 5 species, including chum salmon, coho salmon and cutthroat trout.

Updated · Sources: ADF&G Southeast sport fishing regulations, Ketchikan: water-specific salmon season or bag limit, ADF&G Southeast sport fishing regulations, Ketchikan: unbaited artificial lures or flies only (all or part of the year)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Reflection Lake is a lake or reservoir in Alaska. Alaska has 2 waters named Reflection Lake in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the lake whose point is in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, the one the agency list names.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Reflection Lake or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Reflection Lake

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Reflection Lake

Restrooms near Reflection Lake

Restrooms within 2 miles of Reflection Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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    Photo credit

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    Photo credit

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    McDonald Lake

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  • A floatplane approaching Kah Sheets Lake beyond a wooden dock and boardwalkSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Anan Lake
    Photo credit

    Kah Sheets Lake, Tongass National Forest, with a floatplane arriving at the Forest Service cabin (USDA Forest Service). Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Anan Lake.

    Anan Lake

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  • A small wooden cabin on the forested shore of West Turner LakeSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Orchard Lake
    Photo credit

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    Orchard Lake

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  • Mendenhall Lake and Glacier under low rain clouds, seen from the visitor centerSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Long Lake
    Photo credit

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  • White water pouring through a rocky chute at Ketchikan Creek Falls beside a concrete fish ladderCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Naha River
    Photo credit

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Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

2 official designations

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout, salmon & steelhead.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the National Hydrography Dataset (large scale) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
1,090 acres
Watershed
Burroughs Bay

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

4.2 of 9.8 mi of shoreline on public land

  • Tongass National ForestForest Service · 4.2 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Reflection Lake

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Reflection Lake.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Reflection Lake” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.